| Authorised form of name | Huxley; Sir; Julian Sorell (1887 - 1975) |
| Dates | 1887 - 1975 |
| Place of birth | London |
| Date of birth | 22 June 1887 |
| Date of death | 14/02/1975 |
| Research field | Biology |
| Activity | Education:
Eton
Career:
Honorary Lecturer in Experimental Zoology, King's College, London
Honours:
Kt 1958
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1938 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1956 |
| Relationships | Grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley (FRS 1851); half-brother of Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (FRS 1955) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1976 vol 22 pp 207-238, plate, by J R Baker
References:
Quentin Bone, 'Spokesman for Science', review of C K Waters and A Van Helden, eds, Julian Huxley: Biologist and Statesman of Science in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 350-352, plate
John Postgate, review of Milo Keynes and G Ainsworth Harrison, eds, Evolutionary Studies, A Centenary Celebration of the Life of Julian Huxley in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 193-196
Krishna R Dronamraju, 'On Some Aspects of the Life and Work of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, FRS, in India' in NR 1986-87 vol 41 pp 211-237
Sir Andrew Huxley, 'Grandfather and Grandson' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 147-151
J Cairs @Julian Huxley, general biology and the London Zoo, 1935-42' NR, 2010, vol 64, pp 359-378
Notes:
Birthplace from The Times, 22 June 2001 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39451154 |
| Royal Society code | NA7127 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/002343 | Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell | June 1967 |
| PB/1/33/1/4 | Nobel Prize | 1948 |
| PB/9/1/57 | Correspondence with Sir Julian Huxley | 1964 |
| EC/1938/09 | Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/1/33/3/3 | Companion of Honour | 1965 |
| PB/1/33/5/3 | Order of Merit | 1967 |
| PB/8/28/3/1 | Correspondence with colleagues and friends after delivery and publication of Blackett's Presidential Address to the British Academy. | c.1957 |
| PB/1/34/1 | Letters of congratulation on Blackett's Life Peerage | 1969 |
| IM/GA/AR/6756 | Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell | nd |
| RR/18/152 | Referee's report by Edward Alfred Minchin, on a paper 'Some phenomena of regeneration in sycon: with a note on the structure of its collar-cells' by Julian Sorell Huxley | April 1911 |
| NLB/44/59 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to J [Julian] S [Sorell] Huxley BA | 29 April 1911 |
| NLB/58/207 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Julian [Sorell] Huxley Esquire, FRS | 26 March 1920 |
| RR/18/151 | Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'Some phenomena of regeneration in sycon: with a note on the structure of its collar-cells' by Julian Sorell Huxley | March 1911 |
| NLB/58/553 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Julian [Sorell] Huxley Esquire; Postmaster's Hall, Oxford | 21 May 1920 |
| NLB/58/435 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Julian Sorell] Huxley Esquire, FRS; New College, Oxford | 5 May 1920 |
| NLB/62/113 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Julian Sorell] Huxley Esquire, FRS | 5 December 1921 |
| RR/33/100 | Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on amphibian metamorphosis. —II' by Julian Sorell Huxley | January 1925 |
| RR/65/100 | Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The development of rodent teeth in the embryo and in vitro' by S Glasstone | May 1938 |
| NLB/67/404 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS | 15 December 1924 |
| RR/65/180 | Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'Visual stimulation and ovulation in pigeons' by Leonard Harrison Matthews | October 1938 |
| RR/26/66 | Referee's report by Reginald Crundall Punnett, on a paper 'Studies in dedifferentiation I - Dedifferentiation in Echinus larvae, and it's relation to metamorphosis' by Julian Sorell Huxley | [November 1921] |
| NLB/62/145 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Julian Sorell] Huxley Esquire, FRS; New College, Oxford | 9 December 1921 |
| RR/53/98 | Referee's report by Edgar Johnson Allen, on a paper 'On regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' by F Gross and Julian Sorell Huxley | [January 1935] |
| NLB/62/83 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Julian Sorell] Huxley Esquire, FRS | 28 November 1921 |
| RR/67/278 | Referee's report by Julian Sorrell Huxley, on a paper 'Mutation effects of ultra-violet light in Drosophila' by K Mackenzie and Hermann Joseph Muller | July 1940 |
| NLB/67/485 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Edwin Stephen] Goodrich, FRS | 8 January 1925 |
| NLB/69/808 | Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. Julian [Sorell] Huxley, King's College, WC2 | 21 October 1926 |
| IM/002342 | Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell | 1958 |
| RR/72/206 | Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The form-transformation of the abdomen of the female pea-crab, Pinnotheres pisum Leach' by A E Needham to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 February 1950 |
| RR/26/65 | Referee's report by Ernest William MacBride, on a paper 'Studies in dedifferentiation I - Dedifferentiation in Echinus larvae, and it's relation to metamorphosis' by Julian Sorell Huxley | [June 1921] |
| RR/26/67 | Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'Experiments on Amphibian metamorphosis and pigment responses in relation to internal secretions' by Julian Sorell Huxley and Lancelot Thomas Hogben | [October 1921] |
| RR/51/143 | Referee's report by Edgar Johnson Allen, on a paper 'The structure and development of normal and mutant eyes in Gammarus chevreuxi' by A Wolsky and Julian Sorell Huxley | [November 1933] |
| RR/53/97 | Referee's report by Cresswell Shearer, on a paper 'On regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' by F Gross and Julian Sorell Huxley | [February 1935] |
| RR/53/99 | Referee's report by Ernest William MacBride, on a paper 'On regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' by F Gross and Julian Sorell Huxley | [January 1935] |
| RR/53/100 | Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'On regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' by F Gross and Julian Sorell Huxley | 6 January 1935 |
| RR/65/92 | Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The mammary gland of the rhesus monkey under normal and experimental conditions' by Sydney John Folley, A N Guthkelch and Solly Zuckerman | October 1938 |
| RR/72/204 | Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The form-transformation of the abdomen of the female pea-crab, Pinnotheres pisum Leach' by A E Needhamto D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 15 October 1949 |
| RR/72/207 | Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The form-transformation of the abdomen of the female pea-crab, Pinnotheres pisum Leach' by A E Needham to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 1949 |
| RR/78/89 | Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'A biometrical study of Micraster coranguinum and Isomicraster senonensis' by K A Kermack | 22 January 1953 |